Dr. Stephen Richard Branam

Do NOT take small children to this dentist if they have cavities. He, instead of talking them through it and explaining to them what's happening, he just manhandles them and forces the procedure on them. They didn't suction ANY of the fluids out of my child's throat and he was suffocating on blood and spit! He screamed and punched the chair the whole time because the dentist didn't even give the medication enough time to numb his little face! He just grabbed him and started drilling and shoving all these huge metal things in his mouth! The worst part was the gurgling from where my 5 year old was suffocating and drowning on his own blood and saliva. Along with the tears and screams. Dr. Branam said "He's not crying, he just wants attention and they do this to cope with the fear" No! He was in pain! Because Dr. Branam didn't allow the medication to work because he was just rushing things. Then he just kept telling my son "Would you stop your screaming so I can talk to my assistant".

Warning! Get a second opinion. Missed cavities that had gone unchecked for 3 years

The waiting room and staff were all very polite. It looked clean. However, when you are taken back it's like an assembly line of children in dentist chairs with only a few feet in between them. It was all in the open, we walked right by a child, not 3 feet away that had his mouth wide open getting his teeth cleaned. How sanitary is that? Anyhow they took us to a room, didn't bother shutting the door, so it remained quite noisy from the assembly line right outside. Within 2 minutes of meeting the assistant started rambling about the doctor having his own product line. The doctor comes in barely acknowledges my very young and anxious child, his patient. We get her in the chair and he starts shoving things in her mouth without talking to her at all. He never tried to explain what he was doing, and she began to cry. He told us his opinion on what her crying meant, still not speaking to her and finished the exam. Of our 20 minute discussion majority of that, say 10 minutes and… I'm being generous was about how this doctor has his own product line to sell. I was referred by another dentist that I was really impressed with, so this is not at all what I was expecting.